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• Plenty of negatives from last night (bullpen, lost scoring opportunities, Phillips misjudging that ball, Mesoraco missing the catch, Ike Davis again?) -- but man, one positive. Not sure I've ever seen someone go first to third on a groundout to the pitcher.

We've already had a couple of those -- "I don't think I've ever seen" moments with Billy Hamilton, and I'm sure there will be more. That's one of the things that makes him so exciting, and why his leash is pretty long at this point -- he does things nobody else can or has done -- at least in my lifetime.

He's struggled at the plate, and there are plenty of negatives too to his start -- but man, remove yourself from that (for a second, didn't say ignore) and just enjoy the sheer delight of seeing something you rarely see on a baseball diamond.

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Triple-A -- Indianapolis 6, Louisville 5 (11 innings): Louisville tied the game with two in the eighth inning, but then couldn't score again. 3B Chris Nelson and LF Mike Wilson hit back-to-back homers in the sixth on consecutive pitches to give the Bats a lead. CF Kristopher Negron was 4 for 5. Tim Crabbe gave up three runs (two earned) on seven hits and a walk over 5.1 innings. [Box]

Double-A -- Pensacola 17, Jacksonville 1: CF Yorman Rodriguez hit his second homer of the season in the Blue Wahoo's four-run first. LF Donald Lutz was 5 for 6 with homer in the seventh and two doubles, scoring four times. 2B Rey Navarro hit his fourth homer of the season in the eighth. Robert Stephenson regained his control, allowing four hits and a run with three walks and seven strikeouts over five innings. [Box]

High A -- Modesto 9, Bakersfield 5: The Nuts scored six in the sixth to overcome a five-run Blaze lead, with two runs credited to starter Mike Dennhardt (5 IP, 3 H, 4 BB, 5 SO), three runs went to Ben Klimesh (0.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 BB) and another of Jimmy Moran (1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 SO). 2B Ryan Wright his hit second home runs of the season and added an RBI double. RF Kyle Waldrop also had two hits and drove in two. [Box]

Low A -- Dayton at South Bend postponed due to rain.

LINKS AND SUCH

• The Brewers are milking this Hank the Dog story for all it's worth, aren't they? I love dogs, and Hank seems like a fine dog and I'm happy he has a home, but man... [Big League Stew]

• An interesting note I hadn't realized -- Ryan Braun is really hot in Pennsylvania, but not in the rest of the country. All six of his homers so far this season have come in the Keystone State. This article on Big League Stew is from Sunday, but he was 1 for 2 without a homer on Monday in Milwaukee.

• Not that this surprises me, but a study shows sports team allegiances are formed when you're young. A big part is a team's success when someone is young. Most impressionable are 9-year-old boys. The odds of being captured as a "perms-fan" peak with those aged 8-12 at the time of a championship. My favorite team growing up won a championship when I was a month from my 10th birthday, so I guess I'm in the prime spot. [New York Times]

-- This is something people mentioned on Twitter, those who were in this age group in 1990... I looked at it, my favorite team growing up was 418-391 with a World Series title and a LCS appearance.

• AT&T is expanding its fiber in an attempt to fight Google Fiber. However, they're not doing it here. Boo. [Engadget]

• Finally, I'm happy despite a schedule full of hours of corporate training, because I get to see this at Bogart's tonight:

(And here's another one, because the sentiment has changed my life for the better, and I give Craig Finn some -- but not all, my wife and others also get some of that -- credit for that -- and yes, I'm that cheesy):